Draw-bar carry-iron.



c, WESTLAKE & c.= s. SHALLENBERGER; DRAW BAR CARRY IRON- APPLICATIONFILED MAR. 23, new.

Patented Oct. '19, 1915..

uurrun STATES PATENT orFicE;

CHARLES T. WESTLAKE AND,CHARLES S. SHALLENBERGER, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI,

PORATION OF DELAWARE.

DRAW-BAR CARRY-IRON.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES T. VVEsT- LA'KE and CHARLES S.SHALLENBERGER, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at city of St.Louis, 'State of Missouri, have in- :vented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Draw-Bar Carry-lrons, of whichthe following is a full,clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of,

this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top .plan view of a strikingplate with which acarry iron of our improved construction is combined.Fig. 2' is a front elevational yiew of the carry 1ron v in position onthe striking plate. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken approximately onthe f line 3-3. of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one end of .thecarry iron. Fig. 5 1s a perspective view of one of, the carry ironhangers.

Our invention relates to new' and useful improvements in supports orhangers for the draw bars of railway cars, the principal object of theinvention being to provide a comparatively simple hanger which, underall conditions, will, readily accommodate itself to the backward andforward movement of the draw bar resulting from draft and buflingstrains, and to the lateral swing v the plate 11 are apertures 15 and16, and

or movement of said draw bar resulting from the passage of cars aroundcurves in the track.

In view of the fact that the length of movement of a supported draw baris practically equal in both directions, that is, longitudinally andtransversely, the carry iron the carry iron upon hangers which aresupported from a fixed partof the carry iron, preferably the strikingplate, by universal joints of the ball and socket type, WlllCllarrangement permits the carry iron to move Specification of LettersPatent. I Patented Oct 19, 1915 Application filed March 23, 1914. SerialNo. 826,563.

.ing drawings, 10 designates the base ,of the striking plate which isapplied to a car end sill or buffer beam in any suitable manner, andformed integral with said base and projecting forwardly therefrom is ahorizontally disposed plate 11, and formed integral with the. front edgeof this plate is a vertically disposed plate 12, which constitutes thestriking plate per 86.-

- The-plates lland 12 are reinforced and strengthened by suitablylocated integral the underside of the'- plate 11 and'spaced a suitabledistance apart are depending lugs 14, which serve as stops to limit thetransverse swinging movement of the supported draw bar; Formed in theend portions of the edges of the plate around these aperturesarecountersunk or cut away so as to form concave seats or sockets 17 for theheads'o'f the carry iron hangers hereinafter described. v U

A slot 18 is formed from the opening 16 to the corresponding end of-theplate 11 to permit the corresponding hanger to be in- ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI, A conribs or flanges 13, and formed integral with I serted inthis opening when the device isassembled, and to mount the device in itsassembled position a pin or bolt 19-is seated in a pair of the ribs orflanges which occupy positions adjacent to and on opposite sides of saidslot 18. p v V One of the hangers forming a part of our invention isshown in Fig. 5, the same comprisinga shank 20 with the upper endtifwhich 15 formed integral a head 21, the

underside of which is convex as designatedby 22 so as to fit snugly onthe corresponding concave seat 17. The lower end of the shank isprovided with a pair of oppositely arranged horizontally disposedbearings or trunnions 23.

The carry iron contemplated by our in vention isformed in a single piecepreferably'by casting, and comprises a pair of heads 24, and anintermediate body portion 25 which is provided with a pair of oppositelydisposed bearing faces 26, the same being preferably convex in crosssection. One of these bearing faces is located nearer to thelongitudinal axis of the carry iron than the other, and thus byreversing the position of said carry iron 'or turning it upside down,the height at which the supported draw bar is carried can be varied.

Formed through the heads 24 are vertically disposed inwardly extendingslots '27, and formed in the upper and lower faces of said heads to thesides of these'slots are seats or bearings 28 which are adapted toreceive the journals or trunnions 23 on the lower ends of the carry ironhangers.

In assembling our improved draw bar support, one of the hangers 20 isinserted through the opening 15 until the head of said hanger rests uponthe corresponding seat 17. One end of the carry iron 25 is nowpositioned on the lower end of this hanger with the trunnions 23 seatedin thecorresponding bars 28, after which the carry iron is swung upwardinto position beneath the draw bar The lower end of the second hanger isnow engaged in the correspond ing end of the carry iron, after' whichthe upper portion of this hanger is swung inward through the slot 18 sothat the head of this hanger occupies the sea-t around the edge of theopening 16.' The pin or bolt 1,9

is now placed in position'across the .slot 18,

thereby providing retaining means for preventing the accidentaldisplacement of the. device when .it is in use. As the supported drawbar, shown by dotted lines .in Figs. 2 and 3 moves longitudinally of thecar, under bufiing or pulling strains, the carry iron will swingbackward or forward with said draw bar, and during'this movement, theconvex undersides of-the heads 20 operate freely in the concave seats 17During the transverse movement of the supported draw bar which takesplace during-the passage of the car around a' curve in thetrack, thecarry ir'on onthe lower ends ofthe hanggers 20, swings transversely ofthe car, an during this movement the heads 22 bear in their respectiveseats 17.

By our improved construction the hangers for the carry iron are providedat their upper ends withsubstantially universal joints of the ball andsocket type, and by virtue of this construction, the supported draw barcan move longitudinally and transversely at the same time, without appreciable wear or strain upon any of the parts of-the support.

The entire carrier is comparatively simple, can be easily and cheaplymanufactured, and is capable of being readily assembled or taken apart.

* We do not desire to be limited to the ex act arrangement and detailsof construction herein shown and described, as it will be V readilyunderstood that the principles and sides of' the slots therein whichbearings are adapted to receive the trunnions on the hangers. p

2. In a draw bar carrier, a support provided with openings, there beingsockets formed around said openings and there being a slot formed insaid support from one of the openings therein to the end of said.support, hangers, heads on the upper ends thereof, which heads areadapted to engage in the sockets around the openings, a carry ironpivotally connected to said hangers, and a removable member seated inthe support and bridging the slot therein.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 6th day of March, 1914.

I OHARLESjfT. WESTLAKE. CHARLES s. SHALLE-NBERGER.

Witnesses: HAL G. BELLVILLE, B. E. KUHL.

